@Laurens Van swol a few banks that we've worked with in the past allow you to close in your personal name.

A nice but expensive duplex on a beach or in an expensive area might be ideal, if you can swing the other half out of personal funds. 

I will reach out to you personally, please keep an eye out in your inbox.

Neighborhoods there are usually in better shape (although Baltimore is very much block by block), and in my opinion, the quality of the tenant pool is much better.Oh, and great idea checking out the properties in person—the pictures you see on the MLS can be very deceptive lol.

For comparison, a Navy Federal FCU personal loan will be in the 15s%

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This is probably a place where you go to one of the personal loan sites to borrow money or maybe a credit union. 

I’ve personally received a plethora of value from the BP podcasts as well as the connections I’ve made through BP.

Real-life reps, to me, means seeing properties in person, whatever your asset class. 

I had hoped to set this up with PNC since I bank with them but an in-person visit to the branch is required for set up and this is not possible since I now live in Washington state.